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Follow You
Follow You
Richard Jay Parker | 2017 | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
10
8.0 (3 Ratings)
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Follow You
By Richard Parker
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You set the trap. Now you can't escape.

When an online prank goes viral and triggers a spate of gruesome murders, documentary maker Hazel Salter watches in horror. But then Hazel's childhood friend, Meredith Hickman, is the next victim, Hazel knows she has to find out what happened to her.

Is it one killer or more? Random acts of violence or part of a bigger, twisted plan?

The police have no leads, but Hazel has a theory - one she'll stop at nothing to prove - and she also has a film crew. She'll make a documentary, catch the killer, and give Meredith justice.

Her stage is the abandoned amusement park where Meredith was found.

Her cast are the family and friends the killer left behind.

And her crew? They keep disappearing, one by one...

I absolutely loved this! It’s the sort of horror movie I’d watch! It all played out in my head and it was brutal. I didn’t want to put it down. So so good fast paced and well written.
  
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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2086 KP) rated Her Dying Day in Books

May 19, 2023 (Updated May 19, 2023)  
Her Dying Day
Her Dying Day
Mindy Carlson | 2022 | Mystery
7
7.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
What Really Happened to Greer Larkin?
Documentary graduate student June Masterson has finally hit upon the perfect topic for her final project – the disappearance twenty years ago of Greer Larkin. Greer had burst onto the mystery scene with six well received books before she disappeared, never to be seen again. With the principles in Greer’s life agreeing to talk to June, she fantasizes about solving the case, making for the perfect end to her documentary. Can she do that? Will she even finish it in time?

I struggled with part of this book – a subplot in June’s life that I truly didn’t like. I can understand her choices, but still, it bothered me. I did appreciate the character growth we got. And the mystery itself was very well done. It kept me guessing all the way to the satisfying ending. There was one aspect that was left opened, but it could propel a follow up book. This book has some content that definitely keeps it from being a cozy; it’s honestly a little hard to place outside of just plain mystery. If you enjoy an engaging mystery, you’ll be glad you picked up this book.
  
The Plane Crash
The Plane Crash
2012 | Documentary
8
6.7 (3 Ratings)
TV Show Rating
intriguing & holds your attention (2 more)
incredibly interesting, especially (as the documentary points out) as there had been no experiment of its kind since a failed NASA attempt in 1984
eye opening and thought provoking, challenging the current system and design of our aeroplanes
potentially scaremongering when interpreted wrongly* (0 more)
* although i genuinely believe this is due to the lack of scientific experimentation of this kind that has been done (unsurprising given the fact that these experiments cost millions and a slight mistake can ruin the entire trial, rendering it useless)
  
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How to Make White People Laugh
10
10.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
I really enjoyed this book. It was clever and hilarious, and there were lots of great stories. Farsad brought a lot of heavy topics to the table, but in a way that showed the problem without pointing fingers and hating. I laughed the whole time and really enjoyed myself. Farsad referenced her documentary and comedy show The Muslims Are Coming quite a bit. I have totally added it to my To-Watch list. See the trailer below. - See more at: http://www.thelifeandlies.com/2016/07/how-to-make-white-people-laugh.html#sthash.2hEUhgFJ.dpuf
  
The Shining (1980)
The Shining (1980)
1980 | Horror
the visual tricks to keep you feeling unsettled (1 more)
So much nightmare worthy material
I don't think it's a very good story. (0 more)
The Shining is a masterpiece is a lot of ways, Stanly Kubrick is Amazing
an Iconic Film. A must for the Horror fan. I highly recommend seeing the documentary on the visual tricks the film used, like the layout of the building and how it's impossible to actually be the way it is. Plus here's a alternate movie poster from Tom Whalen, one of my favorite movie poster creators.
  
Room 237 (2012)
Room 237 (2012)
2012 | Documentary
Interesting, odd and wacko
If you can find this documentary out there somewhere give it a watch.

There are a lot theories put forth while film historians, professors, Kubrick worshippers, etc. try and explain lots of wild hidden meaning, fan theories and even the infamous how Kubrick filmed the "fake" moon landing (Danny's Apollo 11 sweater).

Some of the commentary is pretty out there, but some is actually almost believable.

If nothing else, you get to watch Kubirck film montages the entire time and what could be better than that?
  
Alan Partridge's Scissored Isle
Alan Partridge's Scissored Isle
2016 | Comedy
10
7.0 (7 Ratings)
TV Show Rating
Absolutely, utterly, incredibly hilarious (0 more)
I wish this was a series not just a one off (0 more)
Go to the bathroom first. You could wet yourself
Alan offends the working class on air so goes to seek redemption and we get a documentary delivered in his acutely awkward way. It is patronising, difficult to watch and so funny I had to keep rewinding it as I was still laughing from the previous scene.

Oh, if you don't like Alan Partridge you won't like this. Why you don't, I don't know.
  
Killer Inside: The Mind of Aaron Hernandez
Killer Inside: The Mind of Aaron Hernandez
2020 | Crime, Documentary
I have mixed feelings about this documentary, well, mostly, about Aaron Hernandez. The series was fairly well balanced until the end, when people began providing reasons to excuse his behavior.
1) There are plenty of people who are closeted that don't murder people...
and
2) There are also many football players that have the same brain condition... and they don't go out and murder people.

Dude was obviously a psychopath, and I feel bad for his family, but I have zero sympathy for him. The last ep totally just... ruined it for me.
  
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JT (287 KP) Mar 21, 2020

But there is a lot to be said for brain injury and psychology

Don't F**k with Cats: Hunting an Internet Killer
Don't F**k with Cats: Hunting an Internet Killer
2019 | Crime, Documentary
Very interesting watch. I bunged it on when I was bored and ended up binge watching all three episodes.
As human beings, we are monstrously intrigued by the monstrous and this documentary shows that.
It starts with a horrific video of animal abuse on 2 adorable kittens and escalated into psycho killer territory. Addictive and disturbing to watch and the whole time it makes me wonder about internet habits.
The ending takeaway from the "internet nerds" was super forced and strange XD no I am absolutely not complicit thank you very much hah
  
Queen: Days of Our Lives (2011)
Queen: Days of Our Lives (2011)
2011 |
(0 Ratings)
Movie Favorite

"I was a teenager when I got into Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody was everywhere after it was on Wayne’s World. There’s so much joy in their music, a real not-giving-a shit-ness. It’s great to see them in this documentary being these normal, geeky people. You see all the mundanity that goes on behind the scenes of Freddie’s showmanship on stage, plus there’s the unexpectedness of hearing his gentle English accent. Then you hear him live, and see the sweat in his moustache, and it’s spine-tingling."

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